President, PM congratulate U23 football team for winning AFF championship
President Nguyen Xuan Phuc and Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh sent their congratulations to Vietnam’s U23 football team following their 1-0 win over Thailand to earn their AFF Youth Championship title on February 26.
Vietnam's U23 football team defeats Thailand 1-0 in the final match to earn their AFF Youth Championship title on February 26. (Photo: VFF/VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – President Nguyen Xuan Phuc and PrimeMinister Pham Minh Chinh sent their congratulations to Vietnam’s U23 footballteam following their 1-0 win over Thailand to earn their AFF YouthChampionship title on February 26.
Though many players contracted COVID-19 and most ofthem were new to the team, they all showed the Vietnamese courage and will andfought as brave warriors, President Phuc said in his message, adding they deserve the championship.
He asked the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) to continuedeveloping the younger generations of players, helping Vietnam gain ahigher position in the international stage.
In his message, PM Chinh called it a prideworthy victory. Theplayers have confronted numerous challenges due to the pandemic duringthe tournament, the PM noted, stressing that with the courage and bravery of Vietnamese andspirit of “golden star warriors”, the players and the coaches havesurmounted all these to bring joy and pride to their homeland.
It is a remarkable journey for Vietnam’s U23 football team at the AFF Youth Championship 2022 in Cambodia. (Photo: VNA)
The victory offers a new spark of hope for Vietnam’sfootball in the future, he continued and wished them greatervictories in the coming time.
It was a remarkable journey for Vietnam’s U23 football teamat the AFF Youth Championship 2022 in Cambodia as they have not lost any matchin the tournament, scoring nine goals in total and managing to keep theirnet intact.
The team was in dire shortage of players after many playerstested positive for SARS-CoV-2, and reinforcements had to be called in./.
Vietnam’s U23 football team are facing a serious personnel loss when more players have become suspected cases of COVID-19, posing a great challenge to the decisive match against Thailand in the 2022 AFF U23 Championship.
Vietnam beat Thailand 1-0 in a match at the ongoing AFF U23 Championship in Cambodia on February 22, despite the fact that some players of the team could not play after testing positive for the coronavirus and reinforcements had to be sent from Vietnam to fill in the gap.
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Vietnam's U23 football team defeats Thailand 1-0 in the final match to earn their AFF Youth Championship title on February 26. (Photo: VFF/VNA)
It is a remarkable journey for Vietnam’s U23 football team at the AFF Youth Championship 2022 in Cambodia. (Photo: VNA) 
